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ALBANY, N.Y. — Quadir Welton had 13 points and seven rebounds, and No. 7 seed Saint Peter's limited 10th-seeded Fairfield to just seven first-half points en route to a 63-33 win in the Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference tournament on Thursday night. Trevis Wyche scored 12 for St. Peter's (15-17), which will play No. 2 seed Rider in the quarterfinals on Sunday. Tyler Nelson made two free throws and a three-pointer to give Fairfield a 5-0 lead with 15 minutes left in the first half, but the Peacocks scored 22 of the next 24 to take a 22-7 lead into the break. Nelson was the only player to score in the first half for the Stags (7-24), who made just 2 of 21 (9.5 percent) field...

HAMDEN — The Quinnipiac women's basketball team has its destination – Albany, March 9, the MAAC championship game – and is running toward it.Running up and down the court as the highest-scoring team in the conference. Groups of players running on and off...

BRIDGEPORT — Dominique Reid and Wesley Myers combined for 27 points and Niagara survived a late barrage of three-pointers by Fairfield for a 55-53 win Thursday night.Reid scored on a layup and knocked down a pair of free throws in the final minute, and...

NEW BRITAIN — The Central men led by seven points halfway through the second half, but LIU Brooklyn rallied in the final 10 minutes to post a 71-66 victory Thursday night. The Blue Devils drop to 2-16 overall and 0-5 in Northeast Conference...

The Trinity men's basketball team developed a nice feel for the season's potential by going nearly eight weeks without a loss.The Bantams had won 10 in a row heading into Tuesday's home game against Merchant Marine Academy, which ended up being an...

Teddy Okereafor's jumper with 12 seconds left gave Rider a 63-61 victory against Hartford on Saturday in a nonconference men's basketball game at Chase Arena.The Broncs had tied it at 61 on Matt Lopez's layup with 51 seconds left after the Hawks went...

BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Hartford men dropped an 81-69 decision to Vermont in its America East opener on the road Wednesday night. Senior Mark Nwakamma and junior Taylor Dyson scored 19 points each to pace the Hawks, who dip to 5-2 with their second-straight...

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UConn defeated Temple 4-1 in Providence to win the Big East tournament title for the third consecutive year. Rose Upton, the Big East defensive player of the year, was named the tournament's most outstanding player. With the win, the Huskies...